Varicella (chickenpox) is a common disease of childhood, caused by varicella-zoster virus. Postviral thromboembolism is a rare complication of varicella-zoster virus in childhood. We describe 2 children who developed lower limb deep venous thrombosis shortly after varicella infection, along with a review of 130 previously reported cases.

From the *Department of Paediatric Haematology Oncology, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman; †Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hematology-Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; and the ‡Departments of Child Health and §Haematology, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman.